Living in Consciousness ~ Indi(r)a's Food and Garden Weblog

We had a busy weekend. More than usual, because we are expecting my in-laws this Thursday. I am excited about their visit and the possibility of learning more from them. They are my gurus and great persons in general. Counting the hours…

If my posts read out of touch with current fads of food blogosphere, contact elusive (what’s new, right? ) in the coming months, you know the reason.

Naturally, the home is going major upside-down cleaning ritual. So l needed an easy meal for lunch. An omelette filled with cilantro and some steam-cooked vegetables. Cilantro omelette, is what made me fell in love with cilantro. Even though it’s quite ubiquitous growing up, I used to have no opinion about cilantro, but one hungry day during college days similar to the one I had today, I made this. Boom… it’s been a technicolor Jai Ho for cilantro from then on. If this is your first time with cilantro, or looking for something new with cilantro, try this egg based recipe. You would love cilantro and always fondly remember the flavor it brings to the eggs.

Break eggs into a big cup. I always remove yellows because of their overtly chemical taste and smell. Keep them if you are immune/ accustomed. Add salt and lightly beat. Add cilantro, onion and green chilli. Mix well.

In a cast-iron skillet, heat a tablespoon of oil or ghee over medium-high heat. Add eggs mixture and gently swirl to spread eggs to the edge of skillet. When omelette is lightly brown at the edges, turn opposite side. Cook for couple of minutes to pale red. Serve hot.

For light meal, steam cook vegetables. Cut avocado to slices. Place them on a plate with omelette. Add tomato chutney or salsa for little bit of zing. There you go, a light meal that won’t take long to prepare and helps to keep the energy up.

Indira, For you, it’s cilantro omelette.. For me, it used to be cilantro thayir saadam.. My curd rice during school times didn’t have a leaf or two of cilantro. My little dabba had almost 1/4 bunch of raw finely chopped tender cilantro leaves in it. The fragrance!! Divine! LOVE the cilantro leaves.

Did you know cilantro is used in cleansing heavy metals from the body as a part of detoxing?

I stuff the same between pan fryed bread slices and relish them during busy days’ patio lunch session.
Very easy and quick lunch fix for working from home moms. My vote for this. (can’t help it, it is elections time in India).

Cilantro is a close-to-my-heart herb and I love it in almost anything savory. Once I tried a focaccia bread topped with lots of cilantro. This omelette looks so liht and healthy and with the steam cooked veggeies its a pleasure on th tummy too

Nice recipe: simple and tasty. Love cilantro, it´s a pity it´s difficult to find in my city. I will end up growing my own garden at home, it would make possible to cook so delicious dishes…
Thanks for sharing.

Thank you all for the lovely cilantro comments. Glad to read that you are familiar with this recipe. Hope you get a chance to remake and enjoy it sometime soon.

Cilantro: Loved participating in the JFI event. Thank you for hosting.
Have a wonderful time with your sister.

I will. Thanks Siri and Mamatha.

Kay: we make a energetic chorus to Jai Ho Cilantro song.:)
Cilantro thayir saadam, you have given me another excellent idea for JFI.
I didn’t know about this particular health benefit of cilantro. Write a detailed post for JFI?

My mom used to make omlettes just like this when we were kids (minus the avocado and tomato chutney of course, those are great serving ideas). An omlette like this in two small sandwiches was my favourite lunch. Now I make mine pretty much the same but with the tiny addition of garlic.
Chemical taste and smell in the yolks?? I have to say I haven’t experienced that. Have you tried organic eggs??